Scott v. Searles
Scott v. Searles
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a motion to dismiss the appeal .in this cause, for want of an appeal-bond.
A statute of this State directs that bond, with surety, shall be given upon obtaining an appeal, and by the decisions of this court in regard to persons prosecuting appeals in their own right, such bond must be given, or thé cause will be stricken from the
In this we do not claim any right to create exceptions to the terms of a statute, but only by a fair exposition to give efficacy to an exception created by the law itself.
A similar construction has been adopted in several of our sister States. See Linney's executor v. Holliday. 3 Ran. 1. But there they met the rule mainly upon the ground that the executor and administrator has already given bond to administer the estate according to law, and they hold that a remedy exists upon that bond, if the costs he not paid, and there are assets for the purpose.
The motion will he overruled.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- John D. Scott, Administrator v. Searles & Moore
- Status
- Published